American was the 4th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. b.1944 Popularity:
“I don't know if it is possible or appropriate to move all employees of the Department of Defense onto DoD facilities. At the same time, I think the [defense] secretary should have the management ability to manage his people.”
“I fail to see at this point how you could arrive at the figures they arrived at. We're going through this effort to save money from excess capacity to modernize forces. If the savings aren't there, and it costs money to do this on top of all the economic upheaval, why are we doing this?”
“The emerging nuclear threat that we are facing in the world today leaves uncertain the force structure of nuclear-powered submarines of the future. If we close New London down, we would never get it back. I think it would be a tragic mistake, a tragic loss for this nation.”
